Friday, August 09, 2024
But what are the first stations beyond the Greater London boundary?
I made a list, or rather I made a table.
Herts Moor Park z6/7 Carpenders Park z7 |
Herts Elstree and Borehamwood z6 Potters Bar |
Herts Cuffley Theobalds Grove z7 Waltham Cross z7 |
Essex Buckhurst Hill z5 Roding Valley z4 Grange Hill z4 |
Bucks Denham Iver |
ONE STOP BEYOND |
Essex Brentwood z9 West Horndon Ockendon Purfleet |
Surrey Kempton Park Ashford Esher Thames Ditton z6 Hinchley Wood |
Surrey Stoneleigh z5 Ewell East z6 Banstead z6 Chipstead z6 |
Surrey Merstham Whyteleafe z6 Upper Warlingham z6 |
Kent Ebbsfleet Dartford z8 Swanley z8 Dunton Green |
For the avoidance of doubt this is about geography, not stopping patterns. Some trains out of Euston don't stop until Watford Junction and some don't stop until Crewe, but I still say Carpenders Park is the first station beyond the Greater London boundary.
Note that the first station outside London can be in zone 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9, or none of the above, according to the historic vagaries of the zoning system. Most of the unzoned now take contactless, or are scheduled to do so, although I see Hinchley Wood isn't yet on the list.
In total that's 32 stations One Stop Beyond. I reckon there are only two I've never been to, other than passing through on a train, but plenty I've never blogged properly except in passing. Brace yourself for dormitory suburb reportage, eventually, when I get round to it.
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